What are the symptoms of postpartum depression?
Thank you for the thread and discussion here! I think that you should take care of your mental health and make sure you do all you have to to stay healthy. I recommend that you talk to your doctor and get some recommendations on anti depression medications from him. Take care!
Following are some common symptoms of postpartum depression. You may experience some of these symptoms, but not others. Postpartum depression can be tricky because it has an insidious on-again, off-again quality. Sleep deprivation can also mimic depressive symptoms. If you have any doubt, get an evaluation. There is no need to suffer and to miss out on a potentially pleasurable time in your life. Symptoms: feeling depressed, sad, or tearful diminished pleasure in most or all activities, such as difficulty bonding with/enjoying the baby change in eating habits resulting in weight loss or weight gain insomnia, even when someone else takes care of the baby and gives you a chance to sleep, or hypersomnia (sleeping too much) feeling as though your thoughts are either racing or not moving fast enough decreased energy or fatigue feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt diminished concentration or indecisiveness, nearly every day recurrent thoughts of death and/or suicide This list is not
